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Blog #09 - 11 January 2015
Nature's Window Though I had been readingSavitrisince 1961 after meeting A.B. Purani, Arabinda Basu and Jyotipriya, and having been given Mother's blessings to be the first to readSavitriin Auroville, which I did for ten years, Mary Helen and I read this gift of all gifts to humanity many, many times and during the late 1990's and we read it cover to cover eight times to write theLexicon of an Infinite Mind.
Now, however, back to my story of the years in Houston.The nursery, Nature's Window, was successful, Mary Helen operating a beautiful gift shop and I the Garden Center but soon another company bought it from the owner and I received nothing except a wonderful offer to manage the largest Garden Center in Houston, Texas. The hours were long and we had to serve the requirements of many people but I had gained such knowledge from my years at the Matrimandir Nursery, years in California learning sub-tropical species and the early years with my father, working with temperate climate species. Hindsight is rather easy, isn't it? Mother had prepared me from the age of 11 to learn as much as possible about plants in all climates!
One should not get the idea that all was perfect, however, for there were many experiences, some of them painful, on the path of the Integral Yoga that was chosen for us. When we finally purchased a home and our daughter, Chali was in High School, one night during sleep a dark, powerful being came to me and sat on my chest and began to strangle me. He was choking the life out of me and try as I may I could not say Mother's name. As he tightened his rip more and more I kept trying to call Mother and finally succeeded and he released his grip and left. I awoke and Mary Helen said to me, "There was a black being trying to strangle me and he was so strong I almost was choked to death until I was finally able to speak Mother's name and he left." This being came night after night to both of us—and I don't really know if it was two beings or one who was able to divide himself—but each time he began to strangle us we were able to say Mother's name more quickly and he would leave. Finally, the last time he came we immediately said Mother's name and he never came back.
Interestingly, last year Jhumur told me of similar experience and Mother told her to repeat Her name and the being would leave. Here it is in full.
Jhumur: “Hold onto the Name. That is the only power. I remember Mother once told me—because there was a moment when I was attacked by a certain person. She was mad and so had a certain number of people she chose to attack with her vibrations, with her words. If she could she would throw stones. I was very, very young, about 17 or 18. I said, ‘Every time I see her, Mother, I really start to tremble. It has become something so physically terrifying. Once she (the mad person) had thrown a big paperweight, a cement paperweight in the library. It went just past my head, it could have killed me. After that I became really frightened. So Mother told me ‘Nothing will happen to you. Each time you see her just say ‘Ma, Ma, Ma.’ But it was so difficult. Each time I saw her from far I would think, ‘I have to say Ma.’ But when she came close enough I could not say the Name, for a long time, for a very long time. I was so frightened the fear would take the Name away. I knew very well I had to say the Name That is what Mother told me. And one day I could, finally I could and the mad person lost interest in me!”
To be continued... |